Lesson #15,116-Burned Biscuits

Okay, so I didn't write this myself but I am going to share it with you all because it is such a wonderful story.

Here Goes:

Burned Biscuits - A lesson we all should learn.

When I was a kid, my Mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. I remember one night in particular when she had made breakfast after a long, hard day at work. On that evening so long ago, my Mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage and extremely burned biscuits in front of my dad. I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed!
All my dad did was reach for his biscuit, smile at my Mom and ask me how my day was at school. I don't remember what I told him that night, but I do remember watching him smear butter and jelly on that ugly burned biscuit. He ate every bite of that thing...never made a face nor uttered a word about it!

When I got up from the table that evening, I remember hearing my Mom apologize to my dad for burning the biscuits. And I'll never forget what he said, "Honey, I love burned biscuits every now and then."

Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy good night and I asked him if he really liked his biscuits burned. He wrapped me in his arms and said, "Your Mom put in a hard day at work today and she's real tired. And besides--a little burned biscuit never hurt anyone!"
As I've grown older, I've thought about that many times. Life is full of imperfect things and imperfect people.
I'm not the best at hardly anything, and I forget birthdays and anniversaries just like everyone else. But what I've learned over the years is that learning to accept each other's faults and choosing to celebrate each other’s differences is one of the most important keys to creating a healthy, growing, and lasting relationship.

And that's my prayer for you today...that you will learn to take the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of your life and lay them at the feet of God. Because in the end, He's the only One who will be able to give you a relationship where a burnt biscuit isn't a deal-breaker!

We could extend this to any relationship. In fact, understanding is the base of any relationship, be it a husband-wife or parent-child or friendship!

"Don't put the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket--keep it in your own."
So, please pass me a biscuit, and yes, the burned one will do just fine.
And PLEASE pass this along to someone who has enriched your life--I just did!
Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.
"Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil--it has no point"

Written by Jan W. Nahorski.

Lesson #15,105-The Super Bowl

Okay, so there is this game that's played once a year.  Whoever wins the game gets to say that they are the Super Bowl Champs.  This is the game that men look forward to every year.  The build up begins as soon as the football season begins.  So let me tell you what I remember about all of the previous Super Bowl games.  Well, there are 2 teams, great TV commercials, a pretty good halftime show and wardrobe malfunctions.  We all eat too much junk food and break our diets.  Chicken wings and Chili.  Chips and Dip. Sodas and Beer.  Be sure to make Super Bowl Sunday your "Cheat Day" if you get one on your New Year's Diet!! 

The game pretty much goes like this...(1) The National Anthem-(Everyone trying to outdo Whitney Houston's rendition but failing miserably!!)  (2) The Kick Off.  (3) The First Home Run.  I mean Touchdown. (4) Trips back to the kitchen to refill the plates with junk food.  (5)  The men and women split up.  The men take the den and the women take the living room.  The men actually like to watch the game and the women like to talk during the game and watch the commercials.  So to keep everyone from shushing each other we separate!! 

If any of you women want anything, just ask during the Super Bowl because the men aren't listening to anything we say and we will have witnesses to the "conversation"!!  I totally did this..."Honey, can I buy that Louis Vuitton bag that I have been wanting?"  "Umm Hmm".  YAY!!!!!  Louis Vuitton here I come!!!  I have 2 witnesses to that conversation!!!  This will be important because when he sees the charge on the credit card, he will start screaming!!  I will have to call my witnesses to the stand.  Of course, he will have his "witnesses" who will say that the conversation never happened!!  (They weren't listening either!!  Their wives have new shoes and a new diamond bracelet!!  I heard the entire conversation that they had with their husbands too!!!)  I don't know or care who won the game last night but I am going shopping!!!  Wish me luck when the charge hits the credit card!!

Lesson #15,078-Holidays Are For Eating

Right?  Holidays are all about food.  Some people think the holidays are all about gifts but it's really food.  Thanksgiving Day is all about the turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, macaroni and cheese, rice, sweet potato casserole and bread.  Oh yea, it is about being thankful for what you have been blessed with but the holiday is centered around a meal with family or friends.

Christmas is all about the food too.  Some snacks are only available during Christmas.  I don't mean fruit cake, although fruit cake is only on store shelves during the Christmas season but I never see sausage balls, date balls or peanut butter balls.  There are a lot of balls that are only around during the Christmas season.  Some cakes are more common around Christmas, besides fruit cake.  I hardly ever see coconut cake or Hershey bar cake or even red velvet cake any other time of year.

New Years Day is all about the food too.  New Years Eve, you may have drank too much and feel really bad but on New Year's Day you have to eat pork, some sort of greens and black-eyed peas.  It has something to do with being unlucky if you don't eat that food on New Years Day.  Personally, I think we all should eat Millionaire Pie or Millionaire Cake on New Years Day.  Maybe eat a 100 Grand candy bar.  Anything to make money come our way this year!!  Maybe we should call Bill Gates and ask him what he usually eats or maybe Warren Buffett.  It seems that almost everyone that eats the pork, greens and black-eyed peas are doing something wrong.

Oh but then comes January 2nd and we are all miserable and have 10 extra pounds to get rid of so we all join a gym or actually go to the gym that we are members of.  A few years ago, my OB/GYN asked me if I worked out and I told him that I paid my gym membership every month and he explained to me that merely being a member of a gym would not make me healthy.  I actually have to "go to" the gym to get healthy!! What??  That explained why I had not lost an ounce since I joined the gym!! Oh well.  Off to get that muffin top off again!!  Oh who am I kidding?  My muffin top has turned into a pound cake!!!  Here's to making and keeping our New Year's Resolution in 2013!!